Silkie thread!

[CluckyCharms]

Got a nice lovely new bird....

That scared the ever-loving crap out of me.

 

[NovaAman]

I couldn't help it! LOL, I saw that elsewhere, and I thought, OMG! I have to post this to my bud Mom2 EmAll, and then I was thinking I just had to put it on the Silkie thread. JUST HAD TOO! LOL. It is quite disturbing and oh so funny.

 

[Scifisarah]

I couldn't help it! LOL, I saw that elsewhere, and I thought, OMG! I have to post this to my bud Mom2 EmAll, and then I was thinking I just had to put it on the Silkie thread. JUST HAD TOO! LOL. It is quite disturbing and oh so funny.

Just imagine if chickens had teeth. We would all be here discussing whose silkie had the show winningest smile, and the frowned upon method of braces for adjusting crooked silkie teeth...

 

[dwegg]

I don't raise mottled silkies, but that would be cool! I have mottled Houdans
Google image is awesome though.

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Wow that silkie is beautiful...is it HUGE or is it just the photo?

 

[moomoodiddy]

i want a molted silkie!!!!!

 

[CGinJCMO]

My son's only silkie just died today.

He wants more but I'm not getting anymore chickens until next year (we are too close to winter IMO) and it they aren't very hardy, I may want to discourage him because I don't want to end up with a house chicken (I love my MIL but she don't like birds of any kind).

I wonder if I did something wrong for the silkie. Last night he and I came home and went to make sure the chickens had been closed up for the night (couldn't ask because the Dh and DS2 were already asleep). Turned out to be a good thing we checked because the 3 month old silkie was still out. She was under the coop (2 ft above ground so it stays dry), but it was misting and Silkie got damp. I didn't even think she was wet all the way to the skin. She didn't go snuggle with the other chickens, and I just assumed it was because it was dark so I picked her up and set her next to the d'uccles that she usually hangs around. The temps last night got down to 44`F. We open the door at 7 am (it's just barely light at this time of day but the bus is on our street and as soon as the kids are on the bus, I'm in my car heading to work so it's now or spend the majority of the day inside); it's not unusual to only see one or two chickens come out. After school today, DS1 noticed that the silkie wasn't out in the run with the rest, so I opened the coop door and Silkie was in the same place on the floor where I had placed her. Should I have brought her in last night (house got down to 55 degrees - warmer than outside, but still cool)? Because of their feather type, do silkies not handle dampness and cold well? Would she have survived dampness and cold if she was older? I don't think she was sick, but I am not going to discount the possibility either since they don't often give outward signs. I will be watching the flock for the next few days to be sure everyone is ok.

Thanks for answering my questions.
CG

 

[flower]

My son's only silkie just died today.

He wants more but I'm not getting anymore chickens until next year (we are too close to winter IMO) and it they aren't very hardy, I may want to discourage him because I don't want to end up with a house chicken (I love my MIL but she don't like birds of any kind).

I wonder if I did something wrong for the silkie. Last night he and I came home and went to make sure the chickens had been closed up for the night (couldn't ask because the Dh and DS2 were already asleep). Turned out to be a good thing we checked because the 3 month old silkie was still out. She was under the coop (2 ft above ground so it stays dry), but it was misting and Silkie got damp. I didn't even think she was wet all the way to the skin. She didn't go snuggle with the other chickens, and I just assumed it was because it was dark so I picked her up and set her next to the d'uccles that she usually hangs around. The temps last night got down to 44`F. We open the door at 7 am (it's just barely light at this time of day but the bus is on our street and as soon as the kids are on the bus, I'm in my car heading to work so it's now or spend the majority of the day inside); it's not unusual to only see one or two chickens come out. After school today, DS1 noticed that the silkie wasn't out in the run with the rest, so I opened the coop door and Silkie was in the same place on the floor where I had placed her. Should I have brought her in last night (house got down to 55 degrees - warmer than outside, but still cool)? Because of their feather type, do silkies not handle dampness and cold well? Would she have survived dampness and cold if she was older? I don't think she was sick, but I am not going to discount the possibility either since they don't often give outward signs. I will be watching the flock for the next few days to be sure everyone is ok.

Thanks for answering my questions.
CG

So sad to loose an animal. But we do loose them and in the case that you described, I think at her age it would have been better if she was brought inside due to the dampness and the cold. Silkies and other crested birds do not do well when wet especially wet and cold. They do tolerate cold but not wet and cold. So we learn from mistakes. I have been there myself.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: That is way over the standard weight for hens. A hen should weigh 32 oz (2 lb). A cock weighs 36 oz. (2.25 lb) Cockerels are 32 oz (2 lb) and pullets are 28 oz (1.75 lb). Vent sexing can injure bantams

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: A summer silkie pile is widespread; a winter one is much more condensed. Highest pecking order girls are in the center, Boys guard the edge. Chicklets snuggle under the entire pile, lathough the youngest usually stay under Mama.

 

[aoxa]

That is way over the standard weight for hens.  A hen should weigh 32 oz (2 lb).  A cock weighs 36 oz. (2.25 lb)  Cockerels are 32 oz (2 lb) and pullets are 28 oz (1.75 lb).  Vent sexing can injure bantams

I thought 30 ounces was 3 pounds. I knew the ounces they should weigh, but I thought it was 10 ounces a pound Whoops.